Major discipline · 2025[1]
Suspended 15 days- Rank as reported
- Senior Correctional Police Officer (see this rank)
- Sustained charge(s)
- (a) General Causes (12) HRB 84-17
- as amended A1 - Unsatisfactory attendance
- A9 - Refusal or failure to work overtime without a reasonable excuse E1 - Violation of a rule
- regulation
- policy
- procedure
- order or administrative decision
- Separated while IA pending
- No
Synopsis as reported by the agency
On 12/15/24, 12/16/24, 12/17/24, 12/20/24, 12/28/24,12/31/24, 1/4/25, and 1/7/25, New Jersey State Prison’s Senior Correctional Police Officer (SCPO) Scott Buckbee signed out, refusing his mandatory overtime shift. SCPO Buckbee was mandated to work 8 hours of overtime on those dates; however, he did not complete those mandated hours. Furthermore, SCPO Buckbee did not supply proper medical documentation to support the refusals within the allotted time frame. SCPO Buckbee signed a Last Chance settlement agreement on this matter on 4/17/25 for a 15-day suspension.